Viet Nam War Shifts Prompt Soviet and U S Roles
The article outlines a volatile shift in Vietnam involving Soviet Premier Kosygin and North Vietnamese forces, with China warning the U S of possible steps. It notes increased U S military and economic aid to South Vietnam, the high risk of a wider war, and questions about Soviet motives amid Hanoi’s offensive actions.
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Johnson
Soviet Union
Viet ‘Nam
Alexei Nosygin
Nikita Shchev
Hanoi
Kosygin
Southeast Asia
North Korea
Red China
North Viet Nam
United States
South Viet Nam
U.S
White House
China
Viet Nam
Washington
Peking
Moscow
South
Europe
Northiet Nam
Ese
North Viet
Laos
Cambodia
France
Ince
U.S. S
Reds
Viet Cong Show Notable Military Professionalism In South Vietnam Attacks
U S officers describe Viet Cong barracks and airfield strikes at Pleiku and Qui Nhon as highly coordinated with mortar fire, barbed wire breaches, and coordinated explosions. Reports say 29,000 to 35,000 regulars infiltrate South Vietnam, with forward observers and organized supply, intelligence, and medical elements. The attacks included a sea assault by 50 junks and targeted power stations and police and army outposts.
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Washington
U.S
South Viet Nam
Pleiku
Qui Nhhon
Pentagon
Qui Nhon
State Department
Shooting Fragments Add Ten Tons Daily To World
Meteor fragments burn up high in the atmosphere creating bright shooting stars as they pass. Fragments add about 10 tons to Earth's weight each day through atmospheric friction.
Riot in Kuala Lumpur Blamed on Communists and Indonesia
Police clashed with demonstrators in Kuala Lumpur as a four hour antigovernment riot led to more than 100 arrests and a curfew. Troops and police patrolled the streets after a 10 am rally calling to overthrow Prime Minister Abdul Rahman and release Socialist Front leaders. The U.S. Information Agency library suffered broken windows as crowds attacked, with tear gas used to disperse several groups.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Indonesia
U.S. Information Agency
Abdul Rahman
Socialist
Forgotten man of Zanzibar revolution revisits past in Nairobi
John Okello once led Zanzibar’s 1964 revolt and paraded as a regional strongman. Now 28, he lounges in a Nairobi hotel with a child bride, laments lack of invitation to celebrations, and recalls bold attacks while living in obscurity after political outsmarting and exile.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Zanzibar
John Okello
Okello
Clove
Tanganyika
Tanzania
Napoleon
Peking
Moscow
Havana
Uganda
Congo
Malawi
Hastings Banda
Nyasaland
Humphrey calls for probe of Ku Klux Klan in Georgia
Vice President Hubert Humphrey, on a bird-hunting trip in Thomasville Georgia, urged investigation of the Ku Klux Klan calling many activities un-American. He praised Rep. Charles Weltner as intelligent fair and courageous and noted Weltner favoring House Un-American Activities Committee probes. Sanders and plantation owner James Ford Bell Jr. greeted Humphrey at the Mardreland plantation.
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Thomasville
Hubert Humphrey
Deep South
Ku Klux Klan
Charles Weltner
Atlanta
Humphrey
House Committee On UN
Mardreland Plantation
Georgia
Carl Sanders
James Ford Bell Jr
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